Measuring device



D. M. FRYE, JR. MEASURING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 17, 1916.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DANIEL M. ERYE, JR, 013 PHI AEELEEIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, To UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, or PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MEASURING DEVICE.-

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A v 10, 1920 Application filed November17', 1916. Serial No. 131,940.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL FRYE, J r.,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Measuring Devices, of which the following descriptiom in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters .on the drawings indicating like parts in the several figures.

This invention relates-to measuring de,-1

vices for. use in the making of boots and shoes and particularly to an'implement for measuring a shoe to which the heel has not been attached to ascertain the height of heel required for the shoe, and for measuring the height of heel to ascertain whether the heel is. of the height required for the shoe which has been previously measured.

It is important that a shoe made on a given last be provided with a heel of exactly the right height to cause the vforepart to contact with a plane surface along a predetermined line extending across the ball of the shoe. WVhen the shoe is provided with a heel of the proper height, the forepart contacts with. the surface walked onalong a well defined line extending across the ball of the foot and the shoe is then said to tread right? I Heretofore the selection of the heel for a given last has been made more or less by guess and in a haphazard 'manner, and in consequence many shoes are put upon. the market which do not tread right, the line of contact at the forepart being too far. forward or too far to the rear, and the tread faces of the heels of which do not bear squarely upon the surface walked on. Such shoes are not only inferior in appearance, but the wearing quality Of the shoe is impaired. An object of this invention is to provide a convenient implement for'measuring an unheeled shoe, when placed with the tread face of the ball resting on a plane surface, to ascertain the height of heel requirediby that shoe in order to make it tread right, that is,to bring the line of contact of the treadsurface of the forepart at the proper location longitudinally of the shoe.

A further object of'the invention is to provide an implement for measuring unattachedheels to facilitate the selectionof tllile proper heel for a previously measured s oe.

As herein shown, the implement consists in a plate having a foot or flange adapted to be held in contact with the flat surface against which the forepart of the shoe to be measured is rested, the plate having an edge inclined to the plane upon which the foot or flange rests and provided with teeth along the inclined edge in the form of steps ascending by equal gradations from the flange or foot. The teeth or steps are adapted to sustain the rear portion of the shoe at varying elevations by contact with the rear portion of the heel seat. Preferably and as shown, the steps are arranged at vertical distances from the-surface against which the foot rests, differing by g; of an inch whereby the vertical location of the,

rear portion of the shoe is indicated in that unit, which is the unit usually employed;

quired by a given shoe;

Fig. 2 shows the implement in use for determining the height of a heel; and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the im plement.

The implement consists of a plate 2, preferably of metal, having a flange 4 at one end perpendicular to the plate and arranged in an angle (shown as approximately with one edge of the plate. This inclined edge is formed with teeth or steps, the rise of each step over the preceding one being g. of an inch, the steps preferably being numbered consecutively from the one near est the'flange and the height of the first step being measured from the outer face of the flange. This is because the height of the first step must include the thickness of the flange and the height of that step must be measured from the surface on which-the outer face of the flange rests. lVhen the imthe heel. The flange is arranged per- 55 flat 1 surface, a second base, and another it plement is held inthe position shown in Fig.

l withthe flange 4 resting against the plane horizontal surface, the stepped edge is inclined at an angle to the horizontal and one edge 6 of each step is horizontal,- the other 7 sald flat surface, a second base, and another edge 8 being substantially vertical.

A shoe to bemeasured fora heelis placed with the tread 'face of its forepart in contact with the surface upon which the flange partfunti'l the line'of contact of'the forc 4; rests, and the shoe is rocked on its forepart with the surface is correct for the given last. The shoe and the stepped edge of-the implement are then brought in contact and the number opposite the horizontal I edge 6"of thestep which engages the rear edgeof-the heel seat is noted. In the case shown inFig l the number is '24. This shows'at on'cethat a 24-8 heel (that is, a heel twenty-four-eighths-of an inch high) is required to make the given shoe tread'right. To ascertain whether a-given heel issuitable forathe shoe measured, as described a flange 10'on another edge of the implement isbrought in contact with the tread face of pendicular'to anedge 12 of the implement which is provided with a scale 14' beginning from the inner face; of the flange 10, the

unit being -of an inch, asin the case of the stepped scale; Since the heel tread rests on ment is moved along until the scale 14L is adjacent to the rear portion of the heel seat engaging face'ofthe heel, as in Fig. 2. The height of the heel is then read from the scale, and in the instance shown, the scale indicates that the heel is a 2l'8' heel and suitable, to be attached to theshoe shown as being measured in- Fig. 1.

Having thus Y described 'my invention,

what I claim as newtand desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is':-- 1-. A device of the class described comprising a base adapted to rest on a flat surface, graduated portion arranged to extend upwardly in an inclined direction from I the base and marked: to afford a direct read ing of'the number of units of heel height measurement of the heel required: for a heelless shoe when the shoe is'p'ositioned with its forepart in proper tread relation to said graduated portion arranged toextend perpendicularly to said base and marked to afford direct reading of the number of units ofheel height measurement of a shoe heel.

provided with notches spaced to indicate the number of units of heel heightmeasuremerit of the heel required for a heelless'shoe 7 being measured, said notches'being adapted to support the heel end of the shoe when its forepart is in proper tread relation to gradations: on the edge to which the first.

mentioned flange .is inclined being spaced by heel measuring; units from ,the outer face of said flange. V

4. An article of manufacture comprising a plate having two graduated edges'and two flanged ends, oneoffthe flanges being inclined to one ed'ge'and the other flange :being. perpendicular "to the other edge, the gradations on the edge to which the other flange is perpendicular being spaced by heel measuring units from the inner face of said other flange 5. An article of'manufacture comprising an elongated plate having 'onestraight-edge and-onenotchededge, flanges on each end of plate, one flange being perpendicular also to the straight edge, and the other end. being inclined to thenotched edge. V

6; Anarticle of manufacture comprising an elongated plate 'havingone straight edge and one notched edge, a flange on each end of the plate .perpendicularto the plane of the plate, one flange being perpendicular also to the straight edge, and the other flange beinginclined to the notched edge, said,

straight edge having equal graduations each equal to the difference in perpendicular distance' of adjacent notches from the flangeinclined to the notchededge.

7. An article of manufacture comprising an elongated. plate having one straight edge and one notched edge, andflanges located one at each end of the plate perpendicular to the plane of the plate, one flange being perpendicular also to the straight edge, and the other flange being inclined to 1 the notched edge, said straight edge having graduations numbered consecutively. from the. inner. face of the flange perpendicular to said edge,-the: notches being numbered consecutivelyfrom the outer face of the inclined flange. V v

.8. A deviceof the class described com: prising'a base adapted to rest on. aiflat surface, and a portion arranged to extend upwardly inxan inclined directionffrom the base and provided with notchesspaced to indicate the number of units of heel height the plate perpendicular to the-plane ofthe measurement of the heel required for a heelless shoe being measured, said notches being adapted to support the heel end of the shoe When its forepart is in proper tread relation to said flat surface, and said portion being provided With graduations for measuring the height of a heel for themeasured shoe in units corresponding to the spacing of the notches.

9. An article of manufacture comprising a plate having two graduated edges and two flanged ends, the plane of one of the flanges being inclined to one edge and the plane of the other flange being perpendicular to the other edge.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

' DANIEL M. FRYE, J R. 

